UCAS - 2012 applicant figures

2012 applicant figures - October

Key Points

The ability to submit applications for all UCAS courses has been available since early September. 15 October is the 'equal consideration' deadline for Medicine/Dentistry/Veterinary courses and all Oxford and Cambridge courses; the majority of applicants reported on below have applied for these courses. There are also applicants that have submitted applications for courses covered by the January 15 deadline only.
The total number of applicants for courses with a 15 October deadline has fallen by 0.8%. For those UK domiciled applicants aged 18 (only), applicants in this age group for courses with a 15 October deadline (who would generally not have had the opportunity to apply in 2011) have increased by 1.1% against a slight fall in the population number.
Applicants for all courses, including those for courses covered by the 15 January deadline, are down by 9.0%. Year-on-year changes for all courses at this early stage in the cycle are often different from the position later in the cycle.
It is too early in the cycle to extrapolate applicant volumes forward.

Data reported as at Wednesday 19 October 2011 (00:05) compared to Tuesday 19 October 2010 (00:05)
For applications considered on time for 15 October deadline

Table 1a: total applicants for all courses

Table 1a: total applicants for all courses
	2011	2012	Diff (+/-)	Diff (%)
Total applicants for all courses	76,612	69,724	-6,888	-9.0%
Total choices for all courses	325,527	299,764	-25,763	-7.9%

Table 1b: total applicants for courses with 15 October deadline

Table 1b: total applicants for courses with 15 October deadline
	2011	2012	Diff (+/-)	Diff (%)
Applicants for courses with 15 October deadline	56,082	55,618	-464	-0.8%
Choices for courses with 15 October deadline	131,551	129,253	-2,298	-1.7%
UK 18 year old applicants for courses with 15 October deadline	24,531	24,807	276	1.1%

Table 2: total applicants by gender

Table 2: total applicants by gender
By gender	2011	2012	Diff (+/-)	Diff (%)
Female	43,286	38,744	-4,542	-10.5%
Male	33,326	30,980	-2,346	-7.0%
Total	76,612	69,724	-6,888	-9.0%

Table 3: total applicants by age

Table 3: total applicants by age
By age	2011	2012	Diff (+/-)	Diff (%)
17 and under	1,937	1,999	62	3.2%
18	36,689	35,807	-882	-2.4%
19	15,288	13,263	-2,025	-13.2%
20	4,249	3,515	-734	-17.3%
21	2,901	2,518	-383	-13.2%
22	2,609	2,375	-234	-9.0%
23	2,167	1,808	-359	-16.6%
24	1,694	1,435	-259	-15.3%
25 to 29	4,349	3,420	-929	-21.4%
30 to 39	3,304	2,555	-749	-22.7%
40 and over	1,425	1,029	-396	-27.8%
Total	76,612	69,724	-6,888	-9.0%

Table 4a: total applicants by domicile (UK, other EU, non-EU)

Table 4a: total applicants by domicile (UK, other EU, non-EU)
By domicile	2011	2012	Diff (+/-)	Diff (%)
UK	59,413	52,321	-7,092	-11.9%
Other EU	7,192	6,520	-672	-9.3%
Non EU	10,007	10,883	876	8.8%
Total	76,612	69,724	-6,888	-9.0%

Table 4b: total applicants by domicile (UK only; arranged by country)

Table 4b: total applicants by domicile (UK only; arranged by country)
By UK country	2011	2012	Diff (+/-)	Diff (%)
England	52,876	46,499	-6,377	-12.1%
Northern Ireland	1,519	1,321	-198	-13.0%
Scotland	2,832	2,497	-335	-11.8%
Wales	2,186	2,004	-182	-8.3%
Total	59,413	52,321	-7,092	-11.9%

Table 4c: total applicants by domicile (UK only; arranged by region)

Table 4c: total applicants by domicile (UK only; arranged by region)
By UK region	2011	2012	Diff (+/-)	Diff (%)
East Midlands	4,109	3,286	-823	-20.0%
Eastern	5,541	4,772	-769	-13.9%
Greater London	11,510	10,464	-1,046	-9.1%
North East	1,827	1,558	-269	-14.7%
North West	6,533	5,623	-910	-13.9%
Northern Ireland	1,519	1,321	-198	-13.0%
Scotland	2,832	2,497	-335	-11.8%
South East	9,805	9,006	-799	-8.1%
South West	4,923	4,368	-555	-11.3%
Wales	2,186	2,004	-182	-8.3%
West Midlands	4,558	4,058	-500	-11.0%
Yorks & The Humber	4,070	3,364	-706	-17.3%
Total	59,413	52,321	-7,092	-11.9%

Table 4d: total applicants by domicile (other EU and non-EU only)

Table 4d: total applicants by domicile (other EU and non-EU only)
By OS country	2011	2012	Diff (+/-)	Diff (%)
Africa	794	704	-90	-11.3%
Americas	1,868	1,974	106	5.7%
Australasia	252	308	56	22.2%
EU (ex. Eire)	5,924	5,537	-387	-6.5%
Eire	1,268	983	-285	-22.5%
Europe (ex.EU)	649	722	73	11.2%
Far E(ex HK/Mal)	4,033	4,364	331	8.2%
Hong Kong	959	1,288	329	34.3%
Malaysia	789	831	42	5.3%
Middle East	650	677	27	4.2%
Other Overseas	13	15	2	-
Total	17,199	17,403	204	1.2%

Table 4e: total applicants by domicile and country of institution

Table 4e: total applicants by domicile and country of institution
	Country of Institution
Domicile of Applicant		England	N. Ireland	Scotland	Wales
England	2012	46,462	345	6,966	4,576
	2011	52,811	305	7,296	5,286
	% change	-12.0%	13.1%	-4.5%	-13.4%
N. Ireland	2012	1,164	967	787	147
	2011	1,353	1,062	938	196
	% change	-14.0%	-8.9%	-16.1%	-25.0%
Scotland	2012	1,147	57	2,341	35
	2011	1,355	33	2,607	67
	% change	-15.4%	-	-10.2%	-47.8%
Wales	2012	1,796	16	243	1,185
	2011	1,877	8	243	1,320
	% change	-4.3%	-	0.0%	-10.2%
Other EU	2012	6,142	210	2,920	371
	2011	6,909	257	2,832	499
	% change	-11.1%	-18.3%	3.1%	-25.7%
Non EU	2012	10,786	171	3,117	674
	2011	9,924	100	2,635	603
	% change	8.7%	71.0%	18.3%	11.8%
Total	2012	67,497	1,766	16,374	6,988
	2011	74,229	1,765	16,551	7,971
	% change	-9.1%	0.1%	-1.1%	-12.3%

Table notes:

An applicant has a maximum count of 1 to each 'country of institution'. If an applicant's choices include multiple countries then the applicant is counted once within each 'country of institution' present.
Percentage change has been omitted where the number of applicants is fewer than 100.

Table 5: total applicants by application month

Table 5: total applicants by application month
By application month	2011	2012	Diff (+/-)	Diff (%)
September	13,391	9,657	-3,734	-27.9%
October	63,221	60,067	-3,154	-5.0%
Total	76,612	69,724	-6,888	-9.0%

Table 6: total applications (choices) by JACS3 subject group

Table 6: total applications (choices) by JACS3 subject group
JACS3 Subject Group	2011	2012	Diff (+/-)	Diff (%)
Group A Medicine & Dentistry	95,496	92,545	-2,951	-3.1%
Group B Subjects allied to Medicine	35,644	28,144	-7,500	-21.0%
Group C Biological Sciences	16,005	14,843	-1,162	-7.3%
Group D Vet Sci, Ag & related	9,430	9,908	478	5.1%
Group F Physical Sciences	15,868	15,611	-257	-1.6%
Group G Mathematical & Comp Sci	11,947	11,641	-306	-2.6%
Group H Engineering	15,177	14,707	-470	-3.1%
Group I Computer Sciences	3,280	2,936	-344	-10.5%
Group J Technologies	555	429	-126	-22.7%
Group K Architecture, Build & Plan	3,058	2,536	-522	-17.1%
Group L Social Studies	24,561	19,145	-5,416	-22.1%
Group M Law	13,858	13,139	-719	-5.2%
Group N Business & Admin studies	7,581	5,602	-1,979	-26.1%
Group P Mass Comms and Documentation	905	538	-367	-40.6%
Group Q Linguistics, Classics & related	12,767	12,555	-212	-1.7%
Group R European Langs, Lit & related	5,907	5,310	-597	-10.1%
Group T Non-European Langs and related	1,335	1,103	-232	-17.4%
Group V Hist & Philosophical studies	14,100	13,269	-831	-5.9%
Group W Creative Arts & Design	6,038	4,399	-1,639	-27.1%
Group X Education	2,620	1,824	-796	-30.4%
Y Combined arts	5,007	4,262	-745	-14.9%
Y Combined sciences	3,946	3,984	38	1.0%
Y Combined social sciences	2,499	2,292	-207	-8.3%
Y Sciences combined with social sciences or arts	4,600	3,453	-1,147	-24.9%
Y Social sciences combined with arts	6,493	5,666	-827	-12.7%
Z General, other combined & unknown	6,850	9,923	3,073	44.9%
Total	325,527	299,764	-25,763	-7.9%

Table 7: total applicants for all courses (cumulative to October statistics release)

Table 7: total applicants for all courses (cumulative to October statistics release)
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
	60,532	64,438	71,883	76,612	69,724
Diff (+/-)		3,906	7,445	4,729	-6,888
Diff (%)		6.5%	11.6%	6.6%	-9.0%

Total applicants (5 years)

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